Picture of the day - Inuit children playing football

This post might have also been entitled, "Inuit children playing soccer" or "Eskimo children playing football" or "Eskimo children playing soccer." To learn more about the terms Inuit and Eskimo, click here or here. To learn more about the terms football and soccer, click here.

FA Cup Update - 3rd round: Middlesbrough 0 - Manchester City 1

Manchester City defeated Middlesbrough today in FA Cup third round play. The match was played in a snow storm. Man City had several players missing due to the African Cup of Nations, and manager Roberto Mancini chose to field a team that did not include many of the regular starters. The match was basically boring from beginning to end.

One interesting note, however-- for each of the last five years, the team* which eliminated Middlesbrough from the FA Cup went on to lose in the FA Cup final. (*Manchester United, West Ham, Manchester United, Cardiff City, and Everton)

Below: Benjani receives congratulations from his teammates for scoring the game's only goal.

Match report: Fiorentina - Milan (postponed)

Due to snow and other bad weather, today's match between Fiorentina and Milan has been indefinitely postponed.

Champions League update: a new team to root for

Rubin Kazan are from Russia, somewhere in the Tatarstan republic. They already have snow on the ground there. Their players appear to be a mix of Russians and Latin Americans. In their last two Champions League matches, they played Barcelona. They won 2-1 away, and, yesterday, the two teams played to a scoreless draw.

Below: Coach Kurban Berdyev celebrates his team's victory in Barcelona.

For highlights of Rubin Kazan's 2-1 victory, watch the video below:

For a more complete view of Rubin Kazan's first goal, click here.

Riding on sleds in Seattle

Snow has been falling, and we at Ape Canyon News Service know what to do with it.

Wildcats 3 - Devils 1

What I have been reading lately #5

Rather than read the book about snowmobile racing, I decided to read Gary Paulsen's book Winterdance, which is about his dogs and running the Iditarod in Alaska. I am finding the book to be quite enjoyable, and I don't even really like dogs all that much. If you are interested in reading this book, your local bookstore or public library might have a copy. If I know you really well, I might lend you my copy, but you have to make sure to give it back. Below is a picture of Gary Paulsen.






The picture below I am not so sure of. It's from a website that I have reason to believe is written in Estonian and has a lot of pictures of a woman training her dogs. If you can read Estonian, please contact Ape Canyon News Service as we could use your services.

Maybe I'll read this next #1

I've had this book lying around the house for a while now - maybe it's finally time to read it.